Vacuum cleaner in art installation
The latest performance test for Electrolux Ergorapido was conducted by Swedish artist and set designer Tobias Allanson. Experienced in working with the overlap of art and technology, he built a machine to take Ergorapido through a number of challenges. With Electrolux’ test labs as a benchmark, he put together a test track that any good...
Glass celebrating tap water
Swedish glass designers Carina Seth Andersson and Ann Wåhlström is involved in a new interesting glass project for Stockholms Glasbruk Skansen 2010. A project celebrating the good Stockholm tap water! Two new lines for the table or the garden called Floda and Bäcka. Mouth blown and hand finished in the hot shop at Skansen, where...
Sfera’s Uchiwa
Japanese design brand Sfera started the original Uchiwa collection in the summer of 2009, as an example of adopting Japanese traditional craft into our daily life. Uchiwa is a flat, non-folding Japanese fan which have been a familiar part of daily life since centuries. Sfera’s Uchiwa is redefined to fit contemporary lifestyle, simply showing its...
BOATANIC …all green hands on deck!
The Boatanic (boat + botanic) is a novel concept that combines existing know-how to create an unprecedented solution for growing food within the inner city. Its aim is to reduce the environmental impact of our food which, today, still has to travel large distances before it hits our plates. The concept is to simply convert...
Artwork from unwanted CDs
Bruce Munro installed his new artwork ‘CDSea’ in a field near Kilmington over the weekend, after his appeal to collect unwanted CDs from the general public netted him 600,000 discs for the installation. Munro’s ‘CDSea’ is the first of a number of self-funded installations using discarded or recycled materials, planned for Long Knoll Field, which...
Passive houses as type houses
Kjellgren Kaminsky has produced Swedens first series of passive houses sold as type houses in collaboration with Emrahus. Their goal is to make this environmentally friendly building technique available for all. Villa Nyberg is the first one to get built. The villa has been customized for the Nyberg family and is situated in Borlänge, central...
Interactive releation show by IKEA
The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria will get married on June 19th and a lot of activities are going on in Stockholm these weeks. IKEA has made a nice and fun “interactive releation activity” at Skeppsbrokajen in front of the royal castle. Everything is presented with a theme called TILLSAMMANS (together). You will find a copy...
The beautiful game
Peroni Nastro Azzurro, the premium Italian beer, starts a new online project called The Beautiful Game. As part of its sponsorship of the Italian football team, Peroni launches today an online community for Italians and all enthusiasts of Italian style – both on and off the pitch. Online exclusively for the five weeks of the...
Furniture inspired by indie music
G. is a furniture project designed, manufactured and sold by GPOD. It is inspired on what Indie represents within the music industry. By remaining independent it conquers the space for pure reflection, and for defining its own set of operating rules – aesthetically and otherwise. Its reflection, more than formal, is mostly about the social...
Svenskt Tenn opens Summer exhibition: Josef Frank 125 years
This summer marks the 125th birthday of designer Josef Frank. Recently he was honored with a public place at Gärdet in Stockholm. Now Svenskt Tenn opens its Josef Frank exhibition just in time for anniversary. Svenskt Tenn’s decorators have produced modern reflections of three expressive Josef Frank interiors taken from the exhibitions at Liljevalchs in 1934, and in New...
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